Kanu not arrested in UK, says British High Commission

THE British High Commission says Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was not arrested in the United Kingdom. 

Kanu, according to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami was arrested on Sunday. 

Malami had said Kanu was arrested through the collaborative efforts of “Nigerian intelligence and security services.”

However, he neither gave details of the operation nor stated where Kanu was arrested.

Since the IPOB leader was known to have stayed in the UK after he fled Nigeria, many had concluded that he was arrested in Britain.

Kanu is a dual citizen of Britain and Nigeria.

But Dean Hurlock, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, said that Kanu was not picked up in the UK.

“We can confirm that Nnamdi Kanu was not arrested in the UK for extradition purposes,” Hurlock told The Cable.